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GUY A. K. MARSHALL. 



finely and sparsely punctate, without any dorsal stria or impressions ; the setae 

 very short, flattened and recumbent. Elytra narrowly ovate in ^, only slightly 

 broader in $, with the basal margin strongly raised and the humeral fold not very 

 prominent, the apices not mucronate in either sex ; the striae strongly punctate, 

 the intervals slightly convex and of even height, except that interval 1 is somewhat 

 raised at the apex ; the flattened setae short, recumbent and inconspicuous on the 

 basal half, longer and more curved behind. Legs with the hind tibiae not denticulate 

 internally. 



Length, l~d,-lS mm. ; breadth, 2 -75-3 -5 mm. 



Madras: S. Malabar, Nilambur, 5 ^_S, 14 ??, vii.1918 (C. F. C. Beeson) ; 

 S. Malabar, Nadengayam, 2 $S, 1 ?. xi.-xii.l917 (iV. C. Chatterjee). 



Owing to its green scaling and non-mucronate elytra this species comes nearest 

 to S. frater, Mshl., which, however, has the whole upper surface with uniform green 

 scaling ; the latter also differs in having no median impression on the rostrum, 

 the eyes are less convex, the pronotum is much more finely sculptured, and the 

 intervals on the elytra are flatter. 



These weevils were found feeding on the leaves of young teak, and in some cases 

 defoliating the trees. 



Subfamily Alcidinae. 



Alcides dipterocarpi, sp. nov. (fig. 2). 



(^ 0. — Colour red-brown, the head, rostrum, prothorax and the humeral angles 

 of the elytra blackish ; the elytra very sparsely set with small narrow pale scales, 

 and without any squamose markings. 



Fig, 2. Alcides dipterocarpi, sp. n. 



Head coarsely and confluently punctate, with a shallow furrow just above each 

 eye, and the forehead broadly but shallowly impressed. Rostrum as long as ((^) 

 or a little longer than ($) the front femur, parallel-sided from the base to the middle, 

 then narrowing slightly and widening again to the apex, which is a little broader 

 than the base; coarsely and closely punctate throughout, the punctures on the apical 



